With Ran legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal greed and the insatiable thirst for power.
1985 | 2 h 40 min
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Jinpachi Nezu, Akira Terao
